Earl of Snowdon

Earldom of Snowdon
Sable on a chevron argent, between in chief two fleurs-de-lis Or, and in base an eagle displayed Or, four pallets gules.
Creation date	6 October 1961
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Present holder	Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl
Heir apparent	David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley
Remainder to	the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Viscount Linley

Earl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, for Antony Armstrong-Jones,^[1] who was then the husband of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Snowdon as a peerage title had previous royal associations; the title of Baron Snowdon had been conferred along with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, grandson of George I and future Prince of Wales, in 1726. The title merged in the crown in 1760 when its holder acceded as George III.

In November 1999, Lord Snowdon received a life peerage as Baron Armstrong-Jones,^[2][3] under a device designed to allow first-generation hereditaries to retain their seats in the House of Lords, after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

Earls of Snowdon (1961)

• Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (b. 1930)
  • The heir apparent is the present holder's son David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (b. 1961)
    • The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son the Honourable Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones (b. 1999)

Notes

1. The London Gazette: no. 42481. p. 7199. 6 October 1961. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
2. The London Gazette: no. 55672. p. 12349. 19 November 1999.
3. The London Gazette: no. 55676. p. 12465. 23 November 1999.